Job Opportunities

Join us in shaping the new Medical School OWL at Bielefeld University:
Future-oriented, interprofessional and strong in research and teaching

The Medical School OWL at Bielefeld University intends to fill a

Professorship for Translational Precision Diagnostics (W2)

at the Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at Campus Klinikum Lippe as soon as possible. The position is associated with a senior physician position at the Institute of Diagnostic und Interventional Radiology.

The Medical School OWL and the University Medical Center OWL (UMC OWL), with Klinikum Bielefeld, Evangelisches Klinikum Bethel (EvKB), and Klinikum Lippe, are a young and innovative medical location under development. We are seeking individuals who embrace this development process as an opportunity to actively create and shape research, teaching, patient care, and organization in collaboration with us. You will be significantly involved in implementing our model study program in human medicine and can contribute innovative ideas for teaching. Our career and research support programs, aimed at interdisciplinary cooperation, provide a wide range of development opportunities. At the same time, we offer you the unique opportunity to contribute in shaping the research profile “Medicine for people with disabilities and chronic illnesses”.

Qualifications required for the position include: 

• specialist qualification for Radiology
• relevant doctorate and additional scientific achievements according to § 36 paras. 1; no. 4 HG NRW
• excellent scientific achievements demonstrated through publications experience in project
• management and successful acquisition of (competitive) third-party funding
• broad clinical experience in diagnostic radiology and leadership experience
• experience in translational and/or experimental imaging research
• compatibility with the research profile of the Medical School OWL 
• substantial expertise in innovative teaching methods in the relevant field 
• active participation in the equality-oriented promotion of young scientists 

The Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology provides the full spectrum of radiological services at its two locations in Detmold and Lemgo. 
The Institute is establishing an academic centre for diagnostic imaging and image-guided therapy in OWL, with a scientific focus on integrated diagnostics, personalised precision diagnostics and translational imaging research. A laboratory for translational and experimental imaging is currently being established on campus of the Medical School OWL. In addition, scientifically qualified clinical sections are being established at the Institute of Diagnostics and Interventional Radiology as part of the expansion of the UK OWL. 
Within these sections, which will to be located in a modern, clinical radiology, individual specialisations are possible and desirable in order to enhance the institute’s performance profile and continuously improve its medical quality. 

As part of the advertised professorship, a scientific focus on translational precision diagnostics is to be established at the Medical School OWL. The faculty and university's focus areas offer linking points in this respect, such as the further development of experimental imaging methods in basic 2 research and clinical translation, the use of multiparametric or target-specific imaging and the support of clinical therapy studies. In addition, the role of radiology in complex, multimodal therapy concepts, such as patient selection or therapy monitoring, can be investigated in the network of clinics of the UK OWL and in collaboration with the academic practice network. 
We expect close collaboration – particularly within the framework of profile-building collaborative projects – with other departments of the UMC OWL, other faculties of Bielefeld University, and the medical community (private practices) in the region. Therefore, we are seeking an individual with leadership experience and expertise in the entire field, along with excellent communication and coordination skills. 

Klinikum Lippe expressly encourages women to apply. There is a wide range of options for implementing family-friendly working conditions. In addition to our in-house daycare centers, we offer vacation care, reintegration during and after parental leave, support in finding daycare services, and assistance in the event of relatives requiring care. All possibilities and variants of part-time employment are offered and agreed upon jointly between the physician and the management of Klinikum Lippe. 

The following applies to appointments: 

The appointment requirements are governed by § 36 HG. The duties within the scope of clinical care are regulated by a contract with Klinikum Lippe. 

Applications from qualified individuals with severe disabilities and those with equivalent disabilities are strongly encouraged. 

Bielefeld University has received several awards for its successes within equality and is certified as a family-friendly university. The university pursues a committed equal opportunities policy concerning the appointment of professorships and would expressly encourage qualified female applicants to apply. Applications will be treated in accordance with the State Equality Act. Family times will be considered in the context of the selection decision.

The Medical School OWL and Klinikum Lippe consider equality between women and men as an important task, which the future job holder will help to implement. 

Bielefeld University supports dual-career constellations to establish a common center of life and work.

Please submit your application by 26/02/2026 via the online appointment portal of Bielefeld University:

https://berufungen.uni-bielefeld.de/

IIn addition to the usual application documents and information, we ask you to submit a 2-page concept each on teaching, research, and patient care. These concept papers should include gender- and diversity-specific considerations relevant to the advertised professorship. In addition, we expect a brief description of your previous and planned gender equality activities, particularly concerning promoting young female scientists and the compatibility of career and family. 

Contact:

Bielefeld University
Medical School OWL
The Dean Prof. Dr. med. Claudia Hornberg, Dipl.-Biol., Dipl.-Ökol.
PO Box 10 01 31
33501 Bielefeld
Phone +49 (0) 521/106-67467 (secretariat Stephanie Heuer)
dekanin.medizin@uni-bielefeld.de

and additionally

Klinikum Lippe 
UK OWL Campus Lippe 
Prof. Dr. med. Michel Eisenblätter 
Medical Director 
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology 
Phone +49 (0) 5231/72-1191 
Michel.Eisenblaetter@klinikum-lippe.de 

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